Work status before GPLv3 kicks in

[dylanrees]

Heard about this through your spark talks at LibrePlanet - nice work! (I was the guy who brought up the PPL license).

One thing I think might be clarified here - if the licensing and source code provision don't have to be GPLv3 compliant during the grace period, then what rules do they fall under during that period?

[tieguy]

I'd say (though I'd love to hear @richardfontana weigh in on this) that as currently written, you're still under GPL v3, just without having to comply with Sec. 5 or 6. As a practical matter, those sections are where most of the obligations of GPL v3 are, so you have much less to comply with, but that's the answer to the question.

(I note, though, for @richardfontana and @zooko, that it is unclear how Sec. 5(b) and Sec. 7 interact: if Sec. 5(b) is waived, do you not even have to tell recipients that GPLv3 S.7/TGPPL applies to them? If so, how are they to know that in a year they can get the source? I realize addressing that would probably significantly increase the complexity of the license, but it may be worth addressing.)